Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Now in the focus of clinicians and epidemiologists

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Jacobs, E ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COLD AGGLUTININ; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PERIODICITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84857028910     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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